Magazine-firearm.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.V

H. W. DE J'ARNATT.

' MAGAZINE FIREARM.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.27, 1905.

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H. W. DE JARNATT.

MAGAZINE PIREARM.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.27. 1'905.

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MAGAZINE-FIREARNI.

Specification of Letters Patent 'Patented April 24, 1906.

Application led March 27, 1905. Serial No. 252,321.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HALE W. DE JARNATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centralia, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Firearms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation generally to magazine-firearms, and constructed and arranged as herein shown and explained it has special reference to magazine or repeating Shotguns.

It is the obj ect of the invention to provide improved means whereby the magazine can be instantaneously discharged of all or a part of its cartridges without firing the same or without taking them out one by one, as has heretofore been done when it has been desired to unload the magazine.

The invention consists in providing means for operating the shell-stop in such manner that the latter may be moved out of the way, so as to allow the follower to push the loaded shells or any number of the same out of the magazine as freely as they were loaded7 therein.

The drawings hereto annexed, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and are to be referred to as such.

Of the said drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of so much of a shotgun as it is 'necessary to show, in which the invention may be embodied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same looking toward the side shown in Fig. 1, the cartridges and some other parts being represented in elevation. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing some of the parts in different position. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of a fragment, the section being taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a shell-stop removed. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference designate like parts or features, as the case may beJ wherever they may occur.

In the drawings, A designates the lock, including the receiver of the arm.

' B is the barrel, and C is the magazine. The forward ends of the magazine and barrel are represented as broken off and the butt of the gun as removed.' The cartridges a, are loaded into the magazine through the receiver b against the follower c, which is acted upon by a spring d, having a tendency to press the cartridges back in the direction indicated by the arrow l.

After the cartridges are pressed into the magazine beyond the forward end ofthe shell-stops e the latter will be closed inward in the direction opposite to that of the arrows 2 by the action of the springs f, which act upon the forward part of the shell-stops, the latter being arranged in grooves formed on the inside of the shell composing the frame of the lock or otherwise suitably supported and fulcrumed on pins g or equivalent devices. In Fig. 2 the shell-stops are shown as in their normal position and as acting to h'old the cartridges or shellsback in the magazine.

g g designate push-pins g or buttonsg, arranged loosely in the sides of the receiver or lock-shell in position to act upon the rearward portions of the shell-stops when pressed upon from the outside, and thus throw the forward ends of the said shell-stops outward in a direction indicated by the arrows 2, releasing the cartridges or shells and allowing the spring d to act upon them through the medium of the follower c and discharge them from the magazine through the receiver l), thus instantly unloading the cartridges from the magazine and leaving it in condition to be reloaded with others.

Where there are two shell-stops in the arm, one on each side of the receiver, there may be two push-pins in the lock-frame, one acting upon each shell-stop.

The material surrounding the push-pins may be raised in the form of a protecting rim, so as to thicken the walls of the frame or receiver, affording a longer bearing for the buttons g which is obviously desirable.

Of course the shell-stop may be supported in place in other ways than that here shown, as it may also be operated by means varying in form and mode of using from that shown, and the invention may be applied to magazine-iirearms of different form from that herein represented without departing from the nature or spirit of the improvements, which in its greatest breadth comprehends means for releasing the cartridges or shells in the magazines of firearms, so that the same or part of the same can be discharged or unloaded without firing the same to give place for other cartridges or shells.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with the magazine of a iirearm and means operating therein with a IOO IIO

tendency of ejecting the shells therefrom, of holding the shells against being ejected, and

operative means consisting of centrally-pivoted shell-stops with their forward ends acting against the rear ends of the shells for holding the shells against being ejected, and means, consisting of loosely-supported buttons in the sides of the gun, arranged to act on the rear ends of the shell-stops to release the shells and allow the same to be ejected.

2. The combination, with the magazine of a firearm and means operating therein with a tendency of ejecting the shells therefrom, of operative means consisting of centrally-pivoted shell-stops with their forward ends acting against the rear ends of the shells for means, consisting of loosely-supported buttons in the sides of the gun, arranged to act on the rear ends 0f the shell-stops to release the shells and allow the same to be ejected and projectin rims surrounding the outer portion of sai buttons whereby the bearing for the buttons is lengthened.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HALE W. DE JARNATT.

/Vitnesses JN0. R, WISEMAN, JOHN C. DANIEL. 

